Fishing trap



Oct. 7, 1930. KILLORY 1,777,496

FISHING TRAP Filed Jan. 21, 1930 portedin an upstanding position on-an ice Patented Oct. 7, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARTIN F. KILLORY, or BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS FISHING TRAP Applicationdfiled January 21, 1930. Serial No. 422,315.

floor, areel shaft'journaled in bearings on the standard, a reel fixed to the shaft to rotate the shaft and be rotated, thereby, a fish line wound on the reel and adapted to depend therefrom through a hole in the ice floor, a

tionfand in a projected or displaced posi signal carrier oscillatable on the standard and carrying asignal such as'a flag, and means adapted to hold the-signal alternately in a retracted or practically concealed position, "said means being adapted to hold the carrierwith the signal concealed until a hook on the line is taken and the line pulled downward by a fish, and to shift the carrier to display the signal when'a pull is exertedby a signal being retracted.

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The object of the invention is toprovide a simple and durable fishing trap adapted to be quickly and conveniently set for. action, the signal being retracted, and to quickly project the signal'to indicate the fact. that a fish has taken the hook. Of the accompanying drawings forming part'of this specification,.

1 Figure 1 shows'i'n perspective a fishlng trap embodying the invention, set. for action, the

Figure 2 is an edge v1ew,sh0wing a portionofthe trap conditioned as shown by Figure 1. I I I V Figure 3 is an edgeview,showing a portion of the trap conditioned to project the signal. Figures 4 and 5 are perspective views, showing portions ofthe trap, Figure showing the trap conditioned as'shown by Figure 3, while Figure 5 shows the trap conditioned as shown by Figures 1 and 2.

Figured is a fragmentary section on 66of Figure V V Figure 7 is a fragmentary section on line 77 of Figure 4.

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reel shown by preceding figures.

' line 21. i n A signal carrler is mounted on the stand- Figure 9 is a fragmentary perspective View, showing a modification.

' Figure 10' is a fragmentary edge view, showing the modification shown by Figure 9. The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all of the figures. 7 Referring first to Figures 1 to 8, showing the preferred embodiment, 12 designates a standard which is preferably a fiat sided strip of hardwood, adapted to be located in an upstanding position on an ice floorl3, beside a hole 1 1 there1n,one end of the standard bemg inserted, 1n this Instance, in an inchned slot 15 cut in the ice, the standard being in- T .clined and overhanging'the ice floor.

Journaled inbearings formed in cars 16 on the standardis a reel shaft 17, having end portions 18 and 19 (Figure 8) projecting in opposite directions from the standard. On the portion 18 is fixed a reel 20, on which a ably a metal rod bent to the 1. 01111 shown by Figure 8, the portion 18 being doubled or looped, and resiliently expansible to enter and frictionally engage the bore of the reel 20, so that a downward pull on the line 21 will partly rotate the reel and shaft, the reel being preferably a wooden spool. Theportion19 is a crank which is offset from the journaled portionof the shaft and is adapted to serve both as a stop for the signal arm hereinafter described, and as a crank whereby the shaft may be rotated to wind up ,the'

ard 12 and is composed of a shaft member includlngportlons 22 ournaled in bearings formed 1n cars 23 on the standard, and an offset portion 22*, and an arm member 24 D provlded with a signal 241*, such as a flag, and

arranged substantially at right angles with the shaft portion, as best'shown by Figure 4L. The armmembcr 2 1' is oscillatable *ina prede-- termined path into which the crank 19 of the 0 reel shaft projects, said crank Serving asa stop for the arm member, hnntmg movement p p of the latter in one direction, as'indicated by Figure 8 shows III'PGISPGCUVG' and by full. lines,the reel shaft, and by dotted lines the Figures 1, 2 and 5."

tion to cause rotation of the reel and the reel fish line 21 is wound. The shaft is prefershaft 17 in a direction causing the crank 19 to partly oscillate or project the carrier arm 24 from the position shown by full lines to that shown by dotted lines in Figure 5, when a downward pull is exerted on the line by a fish.

The trap includes carrier-actuating means organized to yieldingly press the signal arm 24 against the crank 19, when the line is'free, and complete the projection of the arm from the dotted line position shown by Figure v5, to the full line position shown by Figure 4, after the reel shaft is rotated by a pull on the line.

In this instance, the carrier-actuatlng means is provided by the offset portion 22 01 the carrier-shaft member, and a contractile spring 25 engaged with said oifset portion and with an anchoring member 26, fixed to the standard.

To set the trap for action the fisherman manually swings the signal arm 24 from the projected position shown by Figure 4, to the retracted position shown by Figure 5. This movement turns the offset portion 22 to the full line position shown by Figures 5 and 6, and both tensions and shifts the spring 25 so that the stress thereof holds the arm 24in yielding contact with the crank 19, which is now in position to prevent further retraction of the signal arm.

Vhen the reel and crank are rotated by a downward pull exerted on the line by a fish, the crank partly projects the signal arm to the dotted line position shown by Figure 5,

the offset portion 22 of the carrier-shaft member being at the same time moved to the dotted line position shown by Figure 6, this movement permitting the tensioned spring 25 to contract and raise the offset portion 22 to the position shown by Figures 4 and 7, thus completing the projection of the signal arm and signal to the position shown by Figure 4.

Figures 9 and 10 show a modified form of the carrier-actuating means, a weight being substituted for the spring 25. In this modification the structure diifers from that above described as follows: 7

The signal carrier includes a shaft member 30, journaled in hearings in cars 31, and a signal-carrying arm member 32, at right angles to the member 30. The sh aft member 30 is provided with a bent arm 33, having an enlargement 34, constituting a weight.

' \Vhen the carrier arm32 is manually retracted and contacts with the crank 19, of the reel shaft as before described, the weight 34 is in the position shown by Figure 9, and acts to press the arm 32 against the crank. When the shaft 17 is rotated by a pull on the line 21, the crank 19 partly projects the signal arm until the weight34 reaches substantially the position shown by dotted lines in Figure 10. The weight then falls to the position shown by full lines and completes the projection of the signal.

To prevent the standard 12 from tipping edgewise from the position shown by Figure 1, I provide elongated arms 36, engaged with the lower end portion of the standard and projecting laterally from opposite edges thereof, the outer ends of said arms having dogs 37 adapted to penetrate the ice floor. Said arms are inserted in ears 38 on a holder 39, which is slidable on tothe lower end of the standard. The arms 36 may be coupled together between the cars 38, by a sleeve 40, having set screws 41. The ears 16 and 23 are formed on a holder 42, which is slidable on the standard to any desired position, the tension of the spring 25 being variable'by sliding the holder to different positions. When the spring is suitably tensioned, a stop such as a nail or screw 43 may be engaged with the standard in position to cause the no per end of the holder 42 to be held by the spring against it, the tension of the spring being determined by the location of the stop.

It will be seen that the operation of setting the trap as indicated by Figures 1, 5 and9, is extremely simple and involves only the swinging of the signal arm by hand against the crank 19. i It will also be seen that when the signal is projected, the crank 19 is free to be rotated 51 take up the submerged portion of the line The set screws 41 project from the sleeve 40 and are adapted to bear on the standard 12 to prevent the dogs 37 from pointing in an upward direction.

I claim:

1. A fishing trap comprising a standard,

a reel shaft journaled in bearings thereon and provided with a reel and a crank. a signal carr1er including a shaft member journaled 1n hearings on the standard, and an arm member having a signal and oscillatable to alter nately retract and project the signal, the reel shaft crank projecting into the path of said arm, so that when the arm is manually retracted, the crankconstitutes a stop limiting such retraction, a line engaged with the reel. and depending therefrom in position tozcause rotation of the reel shaft in-a direction causlng the crank to partly project the carrier arm when a downward pull is exerted on the line of a hsh, carrier-actuating means organized to yield-ingly press the signal arm against the crank when the line is free, and complete the projection of said arm when the reel shaft is rotated bya pull on the line, a holder slidable on to the lower end portion of the standard and provided with ears projecting from one of its sides, said ears having orificesltherein anelongated arms insertedin the orifices in said ears and projecting laterally from opposite edges of the standard, saidfl-rms be-v ill!) ing provided at their outer ends with dogs adapted to penetrate an ice floor.

2. A fishing trap comprising a standard, a reel shaft journaled in bearings thereon and provided with a reel and a crank, a signal carrier including a shaft member journaled in bearings on the standard, and an arm member having a signal and oscillatable to alternately retract and project the signal, the reel shaft crank projecting into the path of said arm, so that when the arm is manually retracted, the crank constitutes a stop limit ing such retraction, a line engaged with the reel and depending therefrom in position to cause rotation of the reel shaft in a direction causing the crank to partly project the carrier arm when downward pull is exerted on the line, the shaft member of the carrier having an offset portion, and a contractile spring engaged at one end with said offset portion and at the other end with the standard, said offset portion and spring constituting a carrieractuating means organized to yieldingly press the signal arm against the crank when the line is free, and complete the projection of said arm when the reel shaft is rotated by a pull on the line, the reel and carrier shaft bearings being formed in ears on a holder which is slidable on said standard, the stand ard being provided with a stop against which one end of the holder is held by said spring, the tension of the spring being determined by the location of the stop.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature. 7

MARTIN F. KILLORY. 

